Sue Gray given peerage as Labour seeks to rebalance Lords

Senior civil servant stepped down from role as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff amid tensions in Downing Street

Sue Gray, the former chief of staff to Keir Starmer, has been given a peerage alongside dozens of other people as the government moves to rebalance the political forces in the House of Lords.

Gray, the senior civil servant who joined Labour before the general election and was appointed No 10 chief of staff after Starmer became prime minister, was among a swathe of new Labour peers, as well as a smaller number of Conservatives, announced on Friday.